Configure gunicorn's timeout to 120s by default

This will help prevent critical worker timeout issues.

.env.example

@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ export WEB_CONCURRENCY=1
 #export WEB_RELOAD=false
 export WEB_RELOAD=true
 
+# Configure the timeout value in seconds for gunicorn.
+#export WEB_TIMEOUT=120
+
 # You'll always want to set POSTGRES_USER and POSTGRES_PASSWORD since the
 # postgres Docker image uses them for its default database user and password.
 export POSTGRES_USER=hello

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- `WEB_TIMEOUT` environment variable to configure gunicorn's timeout value (defaults to 120s)
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Convert `SECRET_KEY` into a required env var

config/gunicorn.py

@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@
 threads = int(os.getenv("PYTHON_MAX_THREADS", 1))
 
 reload = bool(strtobool(os.getenv("WEB_RELOAD", "false")))
+
+timeout = int(os.getenv("WEB_TIMEOUT", 120))